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Post by mementovivere on May 24, 2017 16:12:31 GMT
((Hey y'all! I'm really sorry for just kinda unceremoniously stopping one day, but I've decided I want to take another crack at this and I should have a bit more time to regularly work on it. So here we go!)) > : Reawaken
zzzzzzzzmuh? Uh oh. Why is everything so dark?
Oh. Your EYES are closed, that'll do it. For a second you were worried the SYNTHETIC DARKNESS escaped from one of the neighboring labs again.
You reawaken in the lab, apparently having passed out from pain and/or MOUSE ABOMINATION VENOM. The MOUSE ABOMINATION is nowhere to be seen, but the blood on your ankle seems to have dried, and there is a TRAIL OF DRIED BLOOD leading away from you. How long have you been asleep? A few minutes? A little over a year? Well, you guess it doesn't make much of a difference. Either way, there's still SCIENCE to be done. And hey, look at the bright side, the MOUSE ABOMINATION left your ENTRAILS completely intact! How scientifically fascinating or something. Whatever.
> : Quick! Grab that ray-gun(?) off the shelf and defend yourself!
Well, it's obviously a bit late for that, but you equip the RAYGUN anyway to be on the safe side. Unfortunately it looks like the OTHER THREE MICE have escaped! So much for THAT particular experiment. You hope that they weren't devoured by the MOUSE ABOMINATION, you had gotten kind of attached to the little fuzzballs. Instead you tell yourself that they simply broke out of the confines of their HOME, and now that they're no longer STUCK they're probably off having nice MOUSE ADVENTURES in their MOUSE KINGDOMS and HAVING FULFILLING MOUSE RELATIONSHIPS and MOUSE SNAPCHATTING each other a bunch of MOUSE MEMES. The thought comforts you.
There were a bunch of COURSES OF ACTION you had been considering in the split seconds before you passed out, but most of them don't seem as relevant now.
What will you do?
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Post by The One Guy on May 24, 2017 17:41:01 GMT
> The computer seems charged; try logging in.
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Post by mementovivere on May 24, 2017 17:59:08 GMT
> : The computer seems charged; try logging in.
Your IMPROMPTU NAP does seem to have given the LAPTOP ample time to charge, but you still need to know the PASSWORD! That didn't stop from being a thing or anything. You could try to input things at random, but surely you wrote down the PASSWORD somewhere around here. Speaking of written-down things that you've lost, your NAME TAG still hasn't shown up, has it? It's too bad you can't do something to improve your MEMORY, this is getting really INCONVENIENT and FRUSTRATING.
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Post by mementovivere on May 24, 2017 19:08:22 GMT
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Post by Sharkalien on May 24, 2017 23:28:14 GMT
>Plug in coffee machine and make a cup of joe
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 12:38:06 GMT
>Check the little note under the SAFETY FIRST guide
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Post by mementovivere on May 25, 2017 15:09:56 GMT
> : Plug in coffee machine and make a cup of joe.
You mean the TRUE COFFEINATOR? Good thinking, maybe that will give your groggy system a much needed jolt. You're really not YOURSELF until you've had your COFFEE. You unplug the CHARGED LAPTOP and plug the TRUE COFFEINATOR back in, which magically--er, scientifically--fills with COFFEE. The delicious aroma of HOT BEAN WATER fills the room. For good measure you go ahead and take a huge swig straight from the POT, since you don't have any MUGS on hand. The TRUE COFFEINATOR is specially calibrated to produce HOT COFFEE at your personal preferred drinking temperature, so it's in no danger of burning you, but at this point you wouldn't really care even if it did. WOO, THAT'S THE STUFF!!! BY THE WAY DID YOU MENTION THAT THE TRUE COFFEINATOR IS ALSO CALIBRATED TO YOUR PERSONAL PREFERRED CAFFEINE LEVELS?! AND THAT YOU HAVE IT SET REALLY HIGH FOR THOSE LATE NIGHTS/YEARS/WHATEVER AT THE LAB? NO, YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT TO YOURSELF??? WELL IT'S TRUE!!! ISN'T THAT GREAT?! IS IT WEIRD THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO YOURSELF SO MUCH?! PROBABLY NOT!!! HEY, YOUR MUTANT MOUSE WOUND DOESN'T HURT AT ALL ANYMORE!!! INSTEAD EVERYTHING JUST FEELS TINGLY!!! COOL!!!!!! SCIENCE!!!!!!!!! Okay okay okay, calm down. You can tell that you're getting a bit CARRIED AWAY, and you don't want another INCIDENT. You work to contain your ENERGY a bit, and settle for VIBRATING slightly instead of shouting everything inside of your head. You're beginning to feel a lot more like YOURSELF now that you've had your COFFEE. > : Check the little note under the SAFETY FIRST guideYou vibrate your way over to the other side of the lab to inspect the STICKY NOTE on the wall which was previously obscured by your LAPTOP.
OH YEAH! The COFFEE making you feel like YOURSELF combined with this STICKY NOTE reminds you that your name is in fact DESMODENA LEROY, DES for short, and the DANCE you were doing earlier was actually named after YOU! Well, to be fair, you were the one who named it. You're also the only one who has ever actually done the DANCE to your knowledge, but DANCE CRAZES can take a while to catch on. Juuuuuust give it time.
Should you be concerned that it took you this long to remember your NAME even in spite of doing a DANCE you named after yourself? Nah, it's probably fine.
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Post by The One Guy on May 25, 2017 18:09:47 GMT
>Enter "password" as the password because of course that's what you set it to.
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Post by mementovivere on May 25, 2017 19:53:53 GMT
> Des: Enter "password" as the password because of course that's what you set it to.
You use your MASTERFUL SKILLS OF DEDUCTION and FLUENCY IN BINARY to figure out the otherwise UNCRACKABLE CODE that you left for yourself on a STICKY NOTE kept immediately next to your LAPTOP. You can rest easy knowing that TrueCorp's greatest and most carefully-guarded SECRETS are safe from pretty much anyone who isn't a MASTERMIND THIEF. You type out the letters "P A S S W O R D", hit ENTER and whisper "I'm in" like the L33T H4XX0R that you are.
You finally regain access to your LAPTOP DESKTOP, which is mostly how you remember it. Some files, some basic programs, an official TRUECORP DESKTOP WALLPAPER. You don't like to store a lot of files on your DESKTOP, because in a scientific laboratory it's very important to keep your workspaces NEAT AND ORGANIZED. You suppose messy FILES are less dangerous than messy CHEMICALS, but still... SAFETY FIRST!!! You never know in which environments UNSAFETY can strike when you least expect it.
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Post by homeysomey on May 25, 2017 20:40:59 GMT
>You have some messages on TrueChat, you should try clicking on that to check them.
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Post by Wessolf27 on May 25, 2017 23:16:26 GMT
Des: First of all watch some sick Dance moves
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Post by mementovivere on May 27, 2017 2:06:58 GMT
> Des: You have some messages on TrueChat, you should try clicking on that to check them.
Good thinking. You click on the icon for TrueChat, where you do indeed seem to have three unread messages from one of your COLLEAGUES! science-rulez602: DES! THIS IS REALLY URGENT. science-rulez602: Whatever you do, DON’T use the 666 code on the MUBS. > Des: First of all watch some sick Dance moves
You next of all open up the FOLDER containing the DANCE VIDEOS where you've recorded yourself practicing. Some of them... uh... could use some work. You don't want to think about those. But some of them are pretty good. In celebration of remembering your own NAME, you decide to watch the video containing everyone's favorite DANCE CRAZE, the DESMODENA LEROY. The looping video clip is kind of mesmerizing. You stare at it for a while and begin to lose track of time, not that you're very good at keeping track of time to begin with.
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Post by homeysomey on May 27, 2017 3:11:11 GMT
>Des: Worry about science-rulez602, why was their last message so messed up at end?
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Post by mementovivere on May 27, 2017 4:08:01 GMT
> Des: Worry about science-rulez602, why was their last message so messed up at end?
He just fell asleep on his keyboard, right? You haven't seen him in a few days, though... now you're starting to second guess yourself. Was that even KETCHUP on the MULTI-USE BEAM STATION note? Maybe the situation is more serious than you thought. Like, what kind of experiment was he running, anyway? It's starting to worry you that your MIND has been so muddled lately. Shouldn't the COFFEE be helping? Focus, Des.
Well, there are no MUTANT ABOMINATIONS to be found nearby, but then again neither is the MOUSE ABOMINATION you made. Where could they have gone? It's too bad you can't leave the lab to go look.
You hope science-rules602 is okay. Despite working with each other for ages, you can't remember what his actual NAME is right now. Maybe something will jog your memory later, like his NAMETAG or a DANCE CRAZE.
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Post by homeysomey on May 27, 2017 4:55:28 GMT
>Des: Try to message your other friends and ask them for help.
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Post by mementovivere on May 30, 2017 6:02:45 GMT
> Des: Try to message your other friends and ask them for help.
You decide to message some of your SCIENTIFIC COLLEAGUES to see if they can help you out at all. Would you call them your FRIENDS? They are technically more like COWORKERS, but talking to them certainly helps to pass the TIME during long hours in the lab. It's safe to consider them your PALS, at the very least. dancemodena: hey pal, have you heard from science-rulez602 lately? dancemodena: his last message was kind of weird and i haven't heard back from him since dancemodena: well i'm not really sure how long its been dancemodena: i was out for a while dancemodena: i don't know why the company messenger doesn't have freakin timestamps it gets very confusing Pal3000: Hello, Des. Pal3000: I'm afraid I can't be of much help. Pal3000: He has not messaged me in quite some time. dancemodena: oh jeez youre not still in a fight are you??? Pal3000: You have to understand. Pal3000: He has insulted some of the multiverse's greatest works of media. Pal3000: Certain injustices cannot go ignored. dancemodena: yeah yeah dancemodena: you theoretical continuum guys are way too obsessed with alt universe tv shows and movies and stuff dancemodena: let it goooo :/ Pal3000: Not that you would know, but that is kind of a loaded phrase in some universes. Pal3000: Besides, it's only logical. Pal3000: Given an infinite number of universes, it is an inevitability that certain universes would have examples of media superior to our own. Pal3000: You would know if you ever gave them a chance. Pal3000: There are some that I think you would find very enjoyable. Pal3000: "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Lethal Dance Warriors" are both very enjoyable reality shows that are relevant to your interests. dancemodena: dude i don't even have time to watch the tv in our universe dancemodena: and its not like studying extrauniversal media is part of my job dancemodena: i've got mice to watch dancemodena: speaking of which, i wanna try some new mutagenic chemicals dancemodena: the last batch of mice was entertaining but it's time for a change I think Pal3000: I may be able to help with that. Pal3000: There are a few books and shows I have been looking at which might work. Pal3000: Perhaps an intellectual property with nonhuman characters would yield some interesting results. Pal3000: I will put some thought into it and get back to you. dancemodena: thanks pal Pal3000: I'm not your pal, buddy. dancemodena: wow okay rude dancemodena: i hereby retract my efforts to pal around Pal3000: No, please wait. I am just making a reference to a comedy show. Pal3000: Or should I say "that is what the refrance." Hahaha. Pal3000: That is another reference you will most likely not understand. dancemodena: you're a dork dancemodena: ttyl, happy watching
No luck. He means well, but he's always too wrapped up in what he's WATCHING to pay attention to much else. You decide to try someone else.
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dancemodena: hey! how's it going? SaDOS: Not so great. It's been a pretty bad day. dancemodena: oh sorry to hear it :/ dancemodena: you didn't get bitten by a demonic mutant mouse did you? SaDOS: No. Worse. SaDOS: Somebody ate my latest cake. dancemodena: again??? you need to start labeling them or something SaDOS: Oh, what a helpful suggestion. SaDOS: Just kidding. That was sarcasm. It wasn't helpful at all. SaDOS: Of course I label my baked goods. SaDOS: They just keep disappearing anyway. SaDOS: It's hopeless. dancemodena: maybe see if you can get the higher ups to review the security tapes? SaDOS: What's the point? dancemodena: or maybe bring in a cake but fill it with laxitives or something dancemodena: then you can catch the culprit with their proverbial pants down, hehe SaDOS: That seems like a lot of trouble. dancemodena: look, i don't know what to tell you dancemodena: this is like a daily thing, and you never like my advice dancemodena: SO i'm gonna cut right to the chase dancemodena: have you heard from science-rulez602 lately? SaDOS: Wow, Des doesn't want to hear about my problems. What a shocking development. SaDOS: No, I haven't heard from him. Looking to talk to someone that you like more? dancemodena: urgh no dancemodena: i'm just worried about him is all SaDOS: And yet it's painfully clear that you're not at all worried about my cake thief. dancemodena: well dancemodena: not really dancemodena: they're just cakes :/ SaDOS: Wow. Okay. SaDOS: Well if you'll excuse me, I need to do something that you don't care about. As usual. dancemodena: :/ later.
Ugh. That was even worse. She's such a downer. Maybe your COWORKERS won't be that much help after all. Everyone's too caught up in their own WORK and their own PROBLEMS.
For the hell of it you try to message the company's internal HELP BOT. At this rate, a BOT would be an improvement on the help you've gotten. dancemodena: hi TrueCorp-Help: Hello! You are speaking with TrueCorp-Help, powered by TrueCorp Wizard. TrueCorp-Help: How may I be of assistance today? dancemodena: do you know where science-rulez602 has been? TrueCorp-Help: You have inquired about: user science-rulez602. Retrieving location log. TrueCorp-Help: ERROR: USER NOT FOUND TrueCorp-Help: Please try again with somebody who exists. dancemodena: not found??? buggy piece of crap. TrueCorp-Help: You have inquired about: buggy piece of crap. Would you like to run an image search using those terms? dancemodena: eww NO! abort command! TrueCorp-Help: Command cancelled. Is there anything else I can do for you? dancemodena: ugh, no, just forget it. TrueCorp-Help: You have inquired about: forget it. Redirected to Memory Modification Technology. TrueCorp-Help: ERROR: HIGHER SECURITY CLEARANCE NEEDED. ACCESS DENIED. TrueCorp-Help: Is there anything else I can do for you? dancemodena: NO. TrueCorp-Help: Thank you. Have a nice day!
That thing is so unreliable, but you expected as much. It looks like you need to do some investigating of your own. Ideally you'd just go over to the next lab to investigate, but unfortunately the DOOR has been locked for some time. Maybe there's some other way you're forgetting.
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Post by Wessolf27 on May 30, 2017 14:22:18 GMT
Hey, what's that True Catener behind you?
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Post by mementovivere on May 30, 2017 22:31:33 GMT
> Des: Hey, what's that True Catener behind you?
Oh, that's a prototype for the TRUE CATERER! The system is VOICE-OPERATED and programmed with THOUSANDS OF RECIPES from around the world, which it generates through an ADDITIVE PROCESS out of several different CARTRIDGES of PROTEINS, CARBOHYDRATES, FIBERS and so on, with a basic set of PRIMARY FLAVORS that can be combined to produce an almost limitless number of COMPOUND FLAVORS, with adjustable... uh...
Well, you forget how the sales pitch goes. Basically, it's a 3D PRINTER for FOOD.
So far, the only version available for use are the PROTOTYPES they've been BETA TESTING within the labs here, as well as within the newer DINING HALLS at various TRUECORP SPONSORED UNIVERSITIES. They're still working out some of the BUGS, and they have a tendency to MALFUNCTION or EXPLODE when damaged, but for the most part they're a perfect way to have WHATEVER MEAL YOU WANT during late nights at the lab. And the best part? It tastes ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE REAL FOOD! You were really happy when these came out, because not only do you think they're SCIENCEY and COOL AS HECK, but it was such a pain to try to give FOOD DELIVERY PEOPLE accurate directions to where your lab was located within the building. Some never made it.
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Post by Sharkalien on May 30, 2017 22:54:32 GMT
>Use raygun on door
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Post by Wessolf27 on May 31, 2017 5:21:46 GMT
> Des: First, make candy corn. Second, make jawbreakers. Third, attempt to keep some for pelting enemies with assorted candy.
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Post by The One Guy on May 31, 2017 13:58:25 GMT
> Hmm, what if you used code 666 on youself to give yourself the same abilities as the rat that escaped?
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Post by mementovivere on Jun 2, 2017 20:56:16 GMT
> Des: Use raygun on door
You try to blast your way through the LAB DOOR with the RAYGUN, but it isn't very effective against the thick layers of steel. To be fair though, this RAYGUN has always been pretty weaksauce... maybe you can do something to make it STRONGER.
> Des: First, make candy corn. Second, make jawbreakers. Third, attempt to keep some for pelting enemies with assorted candy.
You crank up the TRUE CATERER and start setting it to produce CANDY CORN and JAWBREAKERS for snacking and as ammo. For the hell of it, you decide to adjust the FLAVOR SETTINGS so that it makes JAWBREAKER-FLAVORED CANDY CORN and CANDY CORN FLAVORED JAWBREAKERS. They... don't taste very good. But hey, now you know! Looks like another win for SCIENCE.
You pocket most of the MEDIOCRE CANDY EXPERIMENT, although you have to wonder how effective a bunch of CANDY would actually be against attackers. Maybe if they were DIABETIC or something, but who ever heard of candy being the SECRET WEAPON in defeating demonic beings? Sounds pretty far-fetched.
> Des: Hmm, what if you used code 666 on yourself to give yourself the same abilities as the rat that escaped?
Well, it would probably look something like this. The constant, skincrawling SHRIEKING doesn't really translate in this medium, nor do the feelings of UNCONTROLLABLE BLOODLUST.
But you can't go through with the EXPERIMENT! SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY is all well and good, but you can't bear the thought of intentionally turning yourself into a MURDEROUS MUTANT HELLBEAST. You hypothesize that it would make it significantly harder to to CONTROL YOURSELF, and more importantly, how are you supposed to DANCE when you're covered in tentacles and mouths and spines and sphincters? Not worth it.
No, after seeing what happened with the MOUSE and whatever happened with science-rulez602, you think it's probably best to avoid using the 666 code on any LIVING THING for the time being. INANIMATE OBJECTS might be okay though, since they PROBABLY wouldn't try to kill you?
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Post by Wessolf27 on Jun 3, 2017 12:51:59 GMT
>Oh hey, a keypad. You think there was a code here somewhere that could open the door?
>Is it on your computer, or your notes?
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Post by mementovivere on Jun 5, 2017 22:45:51 GMT
> Des: Oh hey, a keypad. You think there was a code here somewhere that could open the door?
You're not sure, but you figure the best way to find out is to start entering CODES at random.
After a while it becomes abundantly clear that the KEYPAD is pretty much just going to keep instructing the MULTI-USE BEAM STATION to do WEIRD SHIT to you. Oh well, that was fun at least. Hooray SCIENCE!
> Des: Is it on your computer, or your notes?
You return to your LAPTOP to see if you can find anything. Your RESEARCH NOTES are abundant and mostly documenting the effects of various INVENTIONS and MOUSE EXPERIMENTS in tedious detail, but... oh yeah, there's a NOTE TO YOURSELF! That's probably a good place to start, if you learned anything from the whole thing with your LAPTOP PASSWORD being written in plain sight.
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hey future meit's present meor past me to you i guessyou’re probably feeling really confused right nowwell actually you’re probably not nearly as confused as you really should bei bet you’ve had a hard time focusing and remembering stuff lately with lots of questions like “where did i put my nametag?”“why couldn’t i remember a stupidly easy password?”“how do i get out of this lab?” “what was i doing before i started working here?”“have i ever actually met my coworkers?” “how long have i been working here?” the reason you don’t know is because they don’t want you to i don’t have the answers but at least i still remember the questionsim almost out of timeso all i’ll say is i’m pretty sure the door can’t be opened from this sidei honestly don’t even know how long i’ve spent trying but don’t botherbut i do think there’s another way out of herethere has to bei believe in you, you’re a smart and creative cookie even if you’re not a real scientistgood luckkeep dancingand rememberthey’re always watching you des
That's... uh. Somewhat concerning. You don't remember writing that at all!
...Well anyway, it wasn't any help in helping you figure out how to open the DOOR. Thanks for nothing, PAST DESMODENA! Guess you'll have to look for ANOTHER WAY.
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Post by Wessolf27 on Jun 5, 2017 23:00:42 GMT
(whoops)
Anyway, juuust to be sure it's not a portal to an imaginary land, did you try the window?
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